§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the population of England was registered with an NHS dentist in each year since 1992, broken down by(a) region and (b) health authority. [56247]
§ Ms BlearsArrangements are now in place to ensure that patients can gain access to national health service services simply by calling NHS Direct. This means that even if a patient chooses not to register with a dentist it will still be possible for that patient to access all forms of dentistry that are provided by the NHS.
The following information has been placed in the Library:
The percentage of the population registered with a general dental service (GDS) dentist by regional health authority is shown in table 1 for England at 30 September 1992 to 1995.
The percentage of population registered with a GDS dentist by regional office is shown in table 2 for England at 30 September for each year since 1996.
The percentage of population registered with a GDS dentist by family health service authority is shown in table 3 for England at 30 September 1992 to 30 September 1995.
The percentage of population registered with a GDS dentist by health authority is shown in table 4 for England at 30 September for each year since 1996.
Registrations were first introduced in October 1990. From September 1996, the registration period was changed from 24 months to 15 months for adults, and from 12 months to 15 months for children. As a result of this, data held on registration numbers after 1997 are not comparable to earlier years. The data may also be affected by gradual improvements in the methods used for the removal of duplicate registration records, which were first employed by the dental practice board in 1993.
Some patients choose not to register, and can be seen under occasional treatment arrangements, which were introduced last year.
§ Mr. SimmondsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there are per head of population in(a) Boston and Skegness, (b) Lincolnshire and (c) each other English county. [56150]
§ Ms BlearsThe total number of national health service dentists per 10,000 population in England at 30 September 2001 is shown in the table for each health authority.
The number of NHS dentists in Boston and Skegness, Lincolnshire county and by English county is not available.
1070WThe number of NHS dentists includes general dental service (GDS) dentists, dentists working in the salaried services of the GDS, hospital and community dentists and personal dental service (PDS) dentists. The figures are on a headcount basis rather than whole time equivalent (wte) and take no account of part-time working.
Dentists working in more than one dental service are included in each service apart from dentists working in both PDS and GDS who are counted in the GDS only.
Dentists working solely in private dentistry are not covered in these figures.
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Total number of dentists per 10,000 population by health authority at 30 September 2001–England Health authority Total dentists per 10,000 population1 England 4.5 Avon 5.5 Barking and Havering 4.2 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 5.0 Barnsley 3.2 Bedfordshire 4.5 Berkshire 4.5 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 4.6 Birmingham 5.1 Bradford 3.8 Brent and Harrow 5.4 Buckinghamshire 5.2 Bury and Rochdale 3.7 Calderdale and Kirklees 4.0 Cambridgeshire 4.3 Camden and Islington 9.4 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.3 County Durham and Darlington 2.9 Coventry 4.0 Croydon 5.2 Doncaster 3.7 Dorset 4.5 Dudley 3.4 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 5.5 East Kent 4.0 East Lancashire 4.2 East London and The City 5.0 East Riding and Hull 3.6 East Surrey 4.8 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 4.8 Gateshead and South Tyneside 3.9 Gloucestershire 5.1 Herefordshire 5.7 Hertfordshire 5.2 Hillingdon 4.2 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire 4.5 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 6.3 Kingston and Richmond 5.6 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 6.4 Leeds 5.0 Leicestershire 3.5 Lincolnshire 3.1 Liverpool 5.6 Manchester 7.5 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 5.5 Morecambe Bay 4.6 Newcastle and North Tyneside 6.2 Norfolk 4.2 North and East Devon 4.8 North and Mid Hampshire 4.1 North Cheshire 4.3 North Cumbria 4.0 North Derbyshire 3.7 North Essex 3.9 North Nottinghamshire 3.3 North Staffordshire 3.1 North West Lancashire 4.3 North Yorkshire 5.0
Total number of dentists per 10,000 population by health authority at 30 September 2001–England Health authority Total dentists per 10,000 population1 Northamptonshire 3.2 Northumberland 3.4 Nottingham 4.0 Oxfordshire 5.0 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 4.4 Rotherham 3.6 Salford and Trafford 4.1 Sandwell 4.0 Sefton 4.5 Sheffield 5.4 Shropshire 4.1 Solihull 3.9 Somerset 4.2 South and West Devon 5.6 South Cheshire 4.6 South Derbyshire 3.8 South Essex 3.8 South Humber 3.2 South Lancashire 3.9 South Staffordshire 3.6 Southampton and South West Hampshire 5.1 St. Helens and Knowsley 3.9 Stockport 4.5 Suffolk 3.8 Sunderland 4.1 Tees 4.5 Wakefield 3.8 Walsall 2.7 Warwickshire 3.9 West Kent 4.3 West Pennine 3.6 West Surrey 6.1 West Sussex 5.1 Wigan and Bolton 3.6 Wiltshire 4.5 Wirral 5.0 Wolverhampton 3.9 Worcestershire 4.2 1 ONS 2000 mid year population estimates based on the 1991 census
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there are per head of population in(a) the Chesham and Amersham constituency, (b) Buckinghamshire and (c) each other English county. [57993]
§ Ms BlearsThe information requested is not collected in the form requested but by health authority (HA), many of which are coterminous with county boundaries. The total number of national health service dentists per 10,000 in England at 30 September 2001 is shown in the table for each HA.
The number of NHS dentists includes general dental service (GDS) dentists, dentists working in the salaried services of the GDS, hospital and community dentists and personal dental service (PDS) dentists. The figures are on a head count bases rather than whole time equivalent (wte) and take no account of part-time working.
Dentists working in more than one dental service are included in each service apart from dentists working in both PDS and GDS who are counted in the GDS only.
Dentists working solely in private dentistry are not covered in these figures.
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Total number of dentists per 10,000 population by health authority at 30 September 2001 Health authority Total dentists per 10,000 population1 England 4.5 Avon 5.5 Barking and Havering 4.2 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 5.0 Barnsley 3.2 Bedfordshire 4.5 Berkshire 4.5 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 4.6 Birmingham 5.1 Bradford 3.8 Brent and Harrow 5.4 Buckinghamshire 5.2 Bury and Rochdale 3.7 Calderdale and Kirklees 4.0 Cambridgeshire 4.3 Camden and Islington 9.4 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 5.3 County Durham and Darlington 2.9 Coventry 4.0 Croydon 5.2 Doncaster 3.7 Dorset 4.5 Dudley 3.4 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 5.5 East Kent 4.0 East Lancashire 4.2 East London and The City 5.0 East Riding and Hull 3.6 East Surrey 4.8 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 4.8 Gateshead and South Tyneside 3.9 Gloucestershire 5.1 Herefordshire 5.7 Hertfordshire 5.2 Hillingdon 4.2 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire 4.5 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 6.3 Kingston and Richmond 5.6 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 6.4 Leeds 5.0 Leicestershire 3.5 Lincolnshire 3.1 Liverpool 5.6 Manchester 7.5 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 5.5 Morecambe Bay 4.6 Newcastle and North Tyneside 6.2 Norfolk 4.2 North and East Devon 4.8 North and Mid Hampshire 4.1 North Cheshire 4.3 North Cumbria 4.0 North Derbyshire 3.7 North Essex 3.9 North Nottinghamshire 3.3 North Staffordshire 3.1 North West Lancashire 4.3 North Yorkshire 5.0 Northamptonshire 3.2 Northumberland 3.4 Nottingham 4.0 Oxfordshire 5.0 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 4.4 Rotherham 3.6 Salford and Trafford 4.1 Sandwell 4.0 Sefton 4.5 Sheffield 5.4 Shropshire 4.1 Solihull 3.9 Somerset 4.2 South and West Devon 5.6 South Cheshire 4.6 South Derbyshire 3.8 South Essex 3.8
Total number of dentists per 10,000 population by health authority at 30 September 2001 Health authority Total dentists per 10,000 population1 South Humber 3.2 South Lancashire 3.9 South Staffordshire 3.6 Southampton and South West Hampshire 5.1 St. Helens and Knowsley 3.9 Stockport 4.5 Suffolk 3.8 Sunderland 4.1 Tees 4.5 Wakefield 3.8 Walsall 2.7 Warwickshire 3.9 West Kent 4.3 West Pennine 3.6 West Surrey 6.1 West Sussex 5.1 Wigan and Bolton 3.6 Wiltshire 4.5 Wirral 5.0 Wolverhampton 3.9 Worcestershire 4.2 1 ONS 2000 mid year population estimates based on the 1991 census.
§ Mrs. GillanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in the Chesham and Amersham constituency take NHS patients. [57994]